kelbelinoz

agree entirely!! One thing I'm ashamed of, how our British soldiers took the land from them, I know it happens the world over , and has for years, but the biggest joke is that Australians hark on about their rich cultural roots, and use the aboriginal art and histrory to pull in the tourists! what a load of....

jond

[QUOTE=kelbelinoz;5919035]agree entirely!! One thing I'm ashamed of, how our British soldiers took the land from them,




Why are you ashamed, did you know the soldiers involved?

As I said earlier in this thread, I refuse to fill ashamed for something that happened 3 or 4 generations before I was born.

Amazulu

You should be proud of what the Brits did here 200 years ago. They built the foundations of a great country.

yanH

I've got to disagree with this as most Australians I know never talk about Aboriginals at all and if they were asked to name the best things about Australia to a foreigner then Aboriginal culture would not figure on the list. The majority of tourism adverts for Australia that I saw when I used to live in the UK seemed to revolve around the scenery, beach lifestyle, etc. Aboriginal things did feature but certainly didn't dominate.

Another point is that if the British soldiers hadn't come then somebody else's (French, German, Dutch) would have done. The Aboriginals would not have been left alone as this was not the way that the world operated then and there is no point trying to judge the past by todays standards.

Rastis

Aboriginals did have canoes, they were made from stripping a whole sheet of bark from a special type of tree (can't remember the name of it) The bark is then made pliable by the use of fire and water, the ends are sown together and water proofed and branches are cut to make supports. There is a movie called Ten Canoes, it's a nice little movie and shows how their canoes where made.

Rastis

Thats because you aren't going to come here for the Aboriginals, you are going to come here for the scenery, beach lifestyle, thats the selling point.

tictac

Dead right.

What's the obsession with the likes of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Co???

Give us news not newZZzzzz.

Australia's fast-becoming the land of American-wannabees.

yolandacharm

I figured they had to know! just did not know the details, but thanks for filling me in, must look out the film and have a look!

yanH

Exactly totally agree and that's why I disagreed with the OP.

Rastis

Its a good movie quite funny, its in an Aboriginal Dialect, with subtitles.

rabsody

Exactly. Give me the UK media over the excuse for news here anyday. I know they are a bunch of sharks over there but at least you *can* get a decent paper if you want one. You even have a choice!

bluejohn

They did build the foundations of a great country ,it's a pity that in the last ten years or so the try to deny any of it's Brtish history .

kelbelinoz

it's called opinion, which we are all entitled to. Each have their own view. I said HOW it was taken, not that it was taken! There was a lot of violence, and many aboriginies were murdered, they wanted to wipe them all out! As far as tourist stuff is concerned, there is plenty of it! Also quantas air cabin crew wear aboriginal art print uniform.....sorry if I have offended anyone.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/se...geno-s07.shtml


you may or may not find this interesting!?

kelbelinoz

bizarre really as many of them are British decent!!

Trixy

Patronising, sanctimonious know-it-alls are actually very disliked in Australia. If you're one of those.. good luck.